[PCST] SciCom09 Vienna: Call for Papers

Wed May 27 11:34:00 UTC 2009

Apologies for Multiple Postings

Markus Arnold

Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research
University of Klagenfurt
Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF)
Address: Schottenfeldgasse 29
A-1070 Vienna, Austria
www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho 
www.scimedia.at 

Call for Papers

„SciCom09 – education, dialogue or event? Challenges for a target
group-orientated science communication“

Scicom09 is the second international and transdisciplinary conference
on the topic of science communication in Austria, initiated and realised
by science2public (www.science2public.at) in cooperation with the
Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research
(University of Klagenfurt, www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho) and the Vienna
University of Technology (www.tuwien.ac.at).

We would very much appreciate your contribution to the conference.
Please submit your paper until June 22nd 2009.  

Please visit the conference website www.scicom.co.at to receive more
information: http://www.scicom.co.at(in German)

Intentions

SciCom09 is aiming for 4 main objectives:

1.     Interprofessional and transdisciplinary reflection among the
various players in science communication: scientists, media
representatives, communicators, scholars and policy makers.  

2.     Analysis of communication processes and knowledge transfer among
the mentioned players in science communication. 

3.     Illustration an examination of activities and formats in science
communication with regard to their differing target groups. 

4.     Development of concrete recommendations for efficient, target
group-orientated activities in science communication. 

Main issues

SciCom09 addresses to the various players and differing target groups
in science communication and seeks for successful activities and
formats. Submission on current issues concerning science communication
are appreciated as well.  

In particular SciCom09 deals with:

1. activities and concepts in science communication
Which ways of knowledge transfer will be taken nationally and
internationally in the future? Which activities and formats performed
well (bad) in which contexts? Which setting can be established to value
the success or failure of communication strategies? Which conceptions of
responsibility and trust undergo the several practises of communication?

2. target groups in science communication focusing children and
adolescents 
Which recipients receive which messages in which way? Who seeks for
which topics? 
Which way of knowledge transfer is successful and reasonable?
How can we deal with differing target groups: educational,
experience-driven, participative, conversational, gender-specific? 

3. players in science communication and their interests
How are which players acting and in whose interest? Which rules,
inherent to the system, are linked to these interests and enable or
disable which communication process among which persons? 

Target groups

The call for papers addresses to scientists as well as to media
representatives, communicators, scholars, policy makers, students, and
every other person who operates between science, media, education and
cultural work.  

Contributions

Please submit your contribution in form of speeches, discussion rounds,
workshops, or in any other form of demonstration. Interactive and dialog
orientated formats are highly appreciated. Furthermore, there is the
possibility to present a whole panel. In that case you have to organise
a two-hour program in course of the conference. Please outline a first
draft in your submission.   

Submission

Please send your submission to office at science2public.ator via mail to
science2public, Stiftgasse 21/16, 1070 Vienna. Deadline: June 22nd
2009.
Your proposals don’t have to be elaborated at that time. 

Your submission has to include:
-         headline 
-         abstract (limited to 2500 characters)
-         if you submit a panel, please outline a first draft 
-         short CV & photo (jpg.)
-         list of publications (selection)

Your submitted documents (title, abstract, CV, photo, etc.) will be
published in the agenda of the conference, on the website
www.scicom.co.at and in other conference related promotion material.
If there are any reasons which precluce a publication in advance please
contact Sabine Kohlbauer: kohlbauer.sabine at science2public.at. 

Contributions can be presented in German or English.  
After June 22nd all submitted papers will be evaluated based on
content, form and adequacy for the conference (see intentions and main
topics). It is not possible to enforce a claim to acceptation of your
contribution. Authors of accepted contributions will be informed till
July 30th 2009.  

Venue

SciCom09 takes place at the Vienna University of Technology (Karlsplatz
13, 1040 Vienna). The University is in close proximity of public
transportation: metro U2, U4 and U1 take you directly to the
conference.
For more information please visit the website of Vienna’s public
transport: http://www.wienerlinien.at/

Important dates 

Submission deadline: June 22nd 2009 (11:59 pm) 
Information about acceptation or refusal: July 30th 2009 (11:59 pm)
SciCom09: November 16th to 17th 2009

Licensing 

Submitted titels, abstracts and information about the author will be
published in the agenda of the conference, on the website
www.scicom.co.at ( http://www.scicom.co.at/ )and in other conference
related promotion material. If applicable the presentations will be
recorded during the conference. These recordings are subjected to the
same terms of licence as the submitted texts.   

Conference team

Susanne Schwinghammer and Sabine Kohlbauer, science2public
(www.science2public.at)
Markus Arnold and Gert Dressel, Institute of Science Communication and
Higher Education Research, University of Klagenfurt 
(www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho)
Bettina Neunteufl, Vienna University of Technology (www.tuwien.ac.at)

Contact 

Project management
Sabine Kohlbauer
science2public
kohlbauer at science2public.at
T +43 (0) 1 890 4283 12
M +43 (0) 676 564 7085

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